Carolina QuotesI acquired a castle in Spain. The rain in Spain falls mainly on my brain, because the roof is porous.
Robert Ruark Carolinian
Source
p. 174 — Cf. Alan Jay Lerner, "The Rain in Spain" (1956)
- work
- "Nothing Works and Nobody Cares" (1965)
- year
- 1956
- locator
- p. 174
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